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Cheryl Reeve for a day: Three Maya Moore trade ideas

By Howard Megdal

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JULY 28: Maya Moore #23 of Team Parker arrives at the arena prior to the Verizon WNBA All-Star Game on July 28, 2018 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Adam Bettcher/NBAE via Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JULY 28: Maya Moore #23 of Team Parker arrives at the arena prior to the Verizon WNBA All-Star Game on July 28, 2018 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Adam Bettcher/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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CHICAGO, IL- AUGUST 10: Chiney Ogwumike #13 of the Connecticut Sun shoots the ball during the game against the Chicago Sky on August 10, 2018 at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL- AUGUST 10: Chiney Ogwumike #13 of the Connecticut Sun shoots the ball during the game against the Chicago Sky on August 10, 2018 at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Trade 3: Connecticut trades Chiney Ogwumike, Morgan Tuck, Lexie Brown and the ninth overall pick for Maya Moore

This solves a problem Connecticut Sun general manager Curt Miller has faced for two years now: Ogwumike is a legit star, but his best lineup, statistically, deploys Jonquel Jones at the five and Alyssa Thomas at the four. Now, the logjam would break up, with Maya Moore as the three alongside those two. (Oh, and it would add some additional fans in the seats who remember Moore’s college days, too.)

Meanwhile, the Lynx could add a logical four alongside Fowles in Ogwumike, a potential starter at the three in Tuck, a point guard of the future in Brown who defends the way Reeve likes and could overtake Robinson in short order, and a draft pick to either add another piece of combine with the six pick to move up. In this scenario, let’s game it out as if the Lynx don’t trade the pick, and imagine a 2019 rotation of Fowles/Ogwumike/Tuck/Augustus/Robinson/Brown/Jessica Shepard/Sophie Cunningham, for example.

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